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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1978
Page
12
A dense Thursday schedule lists 6:00 to 1:20 fields of programs across channels, including news blocks, The Gong Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Chips, Bananza, Star Trek, Merv Griffin, and many soap operas. Notable entries include Grammy Awards at 8:00 and Dr. Who at 10:00.
CBS telecast of the Feb 15 Ali Spinks fight reshaped the ratings but failed to dethrone ABC. Spinks won the title from Muhammad Ali, delivering a 34.4 rating versus ABCs 36.1 for Three’s Company. An NBC Sept 29 Ali Shavers fight topped that week.
In a club finesse dispute, South laments lacking clubs while North argues the finesse failed. West cashes hearts and diamonds, then leads clubs. South misplays, but North correctly notes the error and explains a better line that would yield the rest of the tricks.
The House approved a 250 million emergency pothole program covering all states and territories, prompting claims of regional bias as critics argued the plan bypasses state responsibility. The measure passed 274 to 137 and moves to the Senate with a formula-based distribution. ON THIS DATE in 1861 Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington to take office after a thwarted Baltimore assassination plot.
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